sailors'
Belonging to seafarers
Sailors' is the possessive form of the plural noun sailors, indicating something belonging to or associated with multiple sailors: sailors' quarters, sailors' wages, a sailors' bar near the docks.
The apostrophe after the s marks possession by more than one sailor.
Secured loops in rope
- shantiesRamshackle huts or sailors' work songs
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- hornpipeSailor's traditional dance
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
seamanship · watches · berths · gangway · fo'c'sle · mess · grog · hardtack
Prophetic signs or warnings
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- mermaidsHalf-woman, half-fish beings
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
- Davy JonesSea's personified depths
ghost ships · kraken · sea serpents · St. Elmo's fire · whistling · bananas · redheads · Fridays
Things you possess
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- rationsControlled food portions
- wagesPayment for work
uniforms · duffel · kit · letters · journals · charts · instruments · sextants
Combinations or confederations
- strikesRefusals to work collectively
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- shore leaveSailor's permitted absence ashore
- hazard payCompensation for dangerous duties
merchant marine · conscription · impressment · press gangs · mutiny · desertion · flogging · articles
knots
Secured loops in rope
- shantiesRamshackle huts or sailors' work songs
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- hornpipeSailor's traditional dance
rigging · seamanship · watches · berths · gangway · fo'c'sle · mess · grog · hardtack · scrimshaw
omens
Prophetic signs or warnings
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- mermaidsHalf-woman, half-fish beings
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
Davy Jones · ghost ships · kraken · sea serpents · St. Elmo's fire · whistling · bananas · redheads · Fridays · black cats
belongings
Things you possess
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- rationsControlled food portions
wages · uniforms · duffel · kit · letters · journals · charts · instruments · sextants · spyglasses
unions
Combinations or confederations
- strikesRefusals to work collectively
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- shore leaveSailor's permitted absence ashore
hazard pay · merchant marine · conscription · impressment · press gangs · mutiny · desertion · flogging · articles · grievances
sailors'captain's
Belonging to the commander
officers · admiral's · commodore's · commander's · skipper's
sailors'landlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
farmers · miners · factory workers · office workers · cowboys
- curse like a sailorUse abundant profanity
- sailor shirt
- swears like a sailorUses excessive profanity
- swore like a sailorUsed excessive profanity
- swearing like a sailorSpeaking with excessive profanity
- sailor hatMaritime headwear with brim